Definition
to stand: to be upright, on your feet, the opposite of lying down
I can stand for hours without my feet getting tired.
to stand up: to get onto one's feet, to rise from a sitting or lying position
Please stand up when the president enters the room.
- "Too hard standin' on my own two feet"
- "Janine : Well Brent, we know that nobody wants to be standing in the unemployment line, but in most US states, you are entitled to collect unemployment if you have been laid off."
- "Standing on the wall"
- "Hannah said I should juggle, and Philip said I could stand on his shoulders."
- "Right now, I am standing outside the hottest party in Hollywood, home of the most important people on Earth: celebrities."
- "I'm not scared for myself of course - I'm standing behind 3 layers of bulletproof glass in my very own Brent-Mobile, inspired by the Pope's vehicle."
- "Anyway, I am standing next to none other than entrepreneur Bruno Delavigne, who has just emerged from intense marathon negotiation sessions with the International Fruit Concern, Incorporated."
- "There's a poster on the wall of my office that says "A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than the giant himself."
- "Subject: Delavigne Corp's stand at Galeries Falayette, Paris"
- "Right now I am standing outside the hottest party in Hollywood, home of the most important people on earth: celebrities."
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